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| | | | "... the attitude thatprofessional administrators with little scientific knowledge can arbitrarily decide the fate of UK science is arrogant, contemptuous of the scientific community and just wrong." A storm is indeed brewing in the scientific circles of the UK against the current leadership of the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council(EPSRC). The background: First, the... | |
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| | | | One month after more than 100 academics, including six Nobel laureates, wrote to the British prime minister to complain about cuts to chemistry by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC), today's Guardian reports that the mathematicians of the UK have followed suit by writing their own letter to David Cameron. The letter is... | |
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| | | | Here is a very recent exchange between two UK mathematicians. It hit so close to home --riots and all, Hockey or not-- that I couldn't resist! The subject was the recent acts of "dirigisme" at the UK's"Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council"(EPSRC). The only difference between our story and the one across the Atlantic is... | |
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| | I have a new short piece on how Imagining After Capitalism relates to transformation (perfect for a little holiday reading). It highlights the "Image Analysis Template" that was developed to help us analyze as well as construct guiding images of the future. As a refresher, a guiding image is defined as "a positive aspirational view of the future that serves... |